May 4th Math-Tech Meeting

MangaHigh: use the login name and password provided and try the Challenge assigned on the homepage

• free (currently) UK based site
• topics best for upper elementary, middle and beginning high school
• developed from research into video gaming
• differentiated
• you can play around without signing up to see all the topics, but if you would like an account, I can set one up for you
• RTI data

Khan Academy: can login with Facebook or Google account, but not necessary today

• free, money from Bill Gates and Google
• videos on every conceivable topic
• practice exercises with hints and relavent video
• RTI data

ThatQuiz: select your name

• free
• simple and provides instant feedback
• explore the wide variety of topics here
• easy to create a teacher account
• RTI data

Assistments: create login, sign up for Mr. O'Brien's Lunch Class, and go to Tutor link to try

• free, developed by WPI with potential influx of money from Bill Gates, piloted in a number of Maine MLTI schools currently
• gives different levels of hints as necessary- be sure to try some!
• RTI data

Applet example (smiley face scientific notation)

• good web based applets can give students instant and self-correcting feedback
• I try to tag most that I find on my Delicious page (tagged by topic)